Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. When a couple of Chicago software developers working on Apartments.com's lookup searches got tired of phoning restaurants to order takeout, it dawned on them: Why isn't there a one-stop shop for food delivery? It cost him $4.8B
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2013
“In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy.” And I have been impressed with Steven Kaplan and others at University of Chicago (my alma mater), who have been encouraging entrepreneurship through the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship , through angel investing , seed conferences and changes in teaching.
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crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
Old and New School Angel Investing Philosophies Clash in Chicago – [link]. Bankruptcy is what happens when business dinosaurs ignore or delay the need to evolve – [link]. A Startup is its People (nothing more) - [link]. Fight When it’s Time to Fight. Be Gracious When It’s Time to Give In – [link]. We are Weird. |
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 18, 2017
While I only have second-degree connections to him, I’ve known of him for a while and I spent an afternoon touring his apartment in Chicago as part of a Wellesley Art Tour that he graciously opened his house for. I don’t know Sam Zell. So I had a little sense of him. ” . .”
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2012
Our biggest returns were outside Silicon Valley: Overture (LA), CitySearch (LA), BillMeLater (Baltimore), Ulta (Chicago), Envestnet (Chicago), HDI (Las Vegas), PF Changs (Arizona), TrueCar (LA). And I went to Stanford so my network is there.” ” We went the opposite way. So I argued with my partners we should stand firm.
David Teten
MAY 16, 2011
Prior to joining Ocean Tomo, Mr. Geleerd was President and CEO of Terrapin Properties, LLC, one of Chicago’s leading real estate firms as well as one of Chicago’s largest and most active private companies. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.
Jeff Hilimire
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Up until that point, our largest website project was a $250 project for my aunt in Chicago. And then I got the email from him that his business was filing for bankruptcy and he needed to cancel the project. Raj and me in 1999 pitching our big client in Queenstown, NZ. In our $50 suits :).
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